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- LAGING EYELFI.v` No. 564,579. Patented July 21 1896.

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RUDOLPH C. PLEINS, OF lST. PAUL, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO LEOH. PLEINS AND JAMES C. BRAMWELL, OF SAME PLACE.

LAClNG-EYELET.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 564,579, dated July 21,1896.

Application filed January 13,1896. Serial No. 575,295. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RUDOLPH O. PLEINs, of St. Paul, Ramsey county,Minnesota, have invented certain Improvements in Lacing- Eyelets, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in lacing-eyelets for shoes,gloves, leggings, and the like, its object being to provide a form ofeyelet through which the ordinary lacing will freely run, and thus adaptthe fabric or garment to the different positions of the wearer withoutundue strain upon any portion of the lacing, and also to adapt thearticle to be instantly loosened when the lacing is untied, by simplypulling the parts asunder, the lacing freely running through theopenings.

, To this end my invention consists in providing each of theeyelet-openings with a transverse pivot-pin on which is preferably journaled a sheave or sleeve, upon which the lacing runs in the manner ofa belt over a pulley, the walls of the opening adjacent the sides of thepin being the exposed portion of the fabric, whereby the same will yieldto permit the lacing to pass through.

My invention further consists in the speciic features of constructionhereinafter particularly described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure1 is a perspective view of a shoe shown fitted with my invention,illustrating the manner in which the lacing can be applied so as to beinside of the shoe and concealed from view. Fig.

2 is a detail outside view of'a portion of a said openings and anchoredin the side walls of the same by means of the clips 3 is the pivot-pin4, upon which is preferably arranged the loose sheave or sleeve 5. Theclips 3 are clinched upon the fabric, one upon each side of the opening,and the ends of the pivot-pin are journaled or anchored therein.

Fig. 5 is an inside view of an eyelet-opening, showing a modified formof clip for holding 4the pivot-pin in place. In this form the clips 6are attached to the fabric in a manner similar to those shown in Fig.et, the outer ends of the clips being straight so as to form the endwalls of a rectangular eyeletopening.

In Fig. 6 is shown still another way of anchoring the ends of thepivot-pin in the sides of the eyelet-opening. the pivot-pin is formedwith attened ends 7, having holes through which to insert the rivet. Theends of the pivot are passed between the two layers of the fabric on theopposite sides of the opening and then riveted in place, as shown.

By means of my invention the shoe may be laced in the ordinary manner-11. e., with the lacing both inside and outside the shoeor, ifpreferred, the lacing may be entirely inside of the shoe, as shown inFig. l. When it is desired to open the shoe for purpose of removing itor for lacing it upon the foot of the wearer, the side walls of theupper are adapted to be grasped by the hands and In this constructionpulled apart, the lacing running freely through the openings. Vhere thelacing is applied to the wrist of a glove or to a legging or similararticle, it may be loosened in the same manner, and when the garment isin use and the lacing fastened it can be bent or twisted freely to adaptitself to the movement of the wearer, the lacing freely running throughthe eyelet-openings in the same manner as a rope over a sheave, so thatthe strain is not brought to bear upon any one portion or loop of thelacing, but is distributed throughout.

While I show a sheave or a sleeve upon the pivot-pin, it is evident thatthis may be dispensed with and the lacing allowed to slide upon the pin.

I claim- 1. In combination with an article of the IOO class described,formed with openings to receive the lacing, the clamps attached to thefabric at the opposite sides of said openings, the Walls of the openingsintermediate of said clamps being the exposed portion of the fabric, andthe pins spanning said openings with their ends fixed in said clamps.

2. In combination with an'article of the class described formed withopenings to receive the lacing, the transverse pivot-pin spanning eachof said openings, the independent ineans for anchoring the ends of saidpivot-pin in the opposite sides of said opening, the Walls of theopening intermediate of said anchoring means being the exposed portionof the fabric, and the sleeve turning loosely upon said pin and adaptedto carry the lacing. l

In testimony whereof I4 ax my signature in presence of tWo Witnesses.

RUDOLPH C. PLEINS. lVitnesses:

T. D. MERWIN, H. S. JOHNSON.

